#BD9E2F#BD9E2F

#BD9E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E2F
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 0.02, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 58.66, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.006 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.129 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7281, 35.4798, 7.7606)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E2F #2F4EBD

analogous

#BD572F #BD9E2F #95BD2F

triadic

#BD9E2F #2FBD9E #9E2FBD

tetradic

#BD9E2F #2FBD57 #2F4EBD #BD2F95

square

#BD9E2F #2FBD57 #2F4EBD #BD2F95

split-complementary

#BD9E2F #2F95BD #572FBD

monochromatic

#5B4C17 #8C7523 #BD9E2F #D5B955 #E1CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BD9E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E2F

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E2F	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba70',
    500: '#bd9e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e2f;
$custom-light: #d5ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E2F

secondary

#7E8ECA

accent

#67E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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